Egypt and Jordon |Smile of Peace 08 days

Egypt and Jordon |Smile of Peace 08 days

DAY 01: Arrival at Taba or Sharm EL Sheikh international airport, meet and assist through formalities transfer to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

In case of arriving at Sharm international airport; you'll be transferred to your hotel in Newibaa on the Aqaba Gulf (2 hours driving), and you leave to Newibaa port on the 2nd day at noon time.

DAY 02: Breakfast, drive to Newibaa port (65 Km.) for departure to Aqaba by the speed boat (60 min,). Arrivals at Aqaba port, meet and assist through formalities, then transfer to Petra, dinner and overnight.

DAY 03: Breakfast, Full day visit of Petra founded around the 6th century BC, by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Sandstone which allowed the Nabataeans to carve their temples and tombs into the rock crumbling easily to sand. The color of the rock ranges from pale yellow or white; through rich reds to the darker brown of more resistant rocks. The contorted strata of different-colored rock form whorls and waves of color in the rock face, which the Nabataeans exploited in their architecture. Drive back to your hotel, dinner and overnight.

DAY 04: Breakfast, visit to the little Petra, then proceed to Wadi Rum Stunning in its natural beauty, Wadi Rum epitomizes the romance of the desert. With its "moonscape" of ancient valleys and towering sandstone mountains rising out of the sand, Wadi Rum is also "Home" to several Bedouin tribes who live in scattered camps throughout the area. Climbers are especially attracted to Wadi Rum because of its sheer granite and sandstone cliffs, while hikers enjoy its vast empty spaces. Wadi Rum is probably best known because of its connection with the enigmatic British officer T.E. Lawrence, who was based here during the Great Arab Revolt of 1917-18. Camping in tents. (No need for sleeping bags).

DAY 05: Drive from Wadi Rum to Eilat through Wadi Arava , arrival at Eilat, Panoramic city tour and visiting the underwater observatory then proceed to cross Taba border, arrival at Taba resort, dinner and overnight.

DAY 06: Early morning, drive along the golf of Aqaba till Newibaa, and then proceed through the desert to St.Catherine area, arrival at St.Catherine, We visit to the famed 6th century Monastery named after St. Catherine, the martyr of Alexandria. In addition to the biblical site of the Burning Bush and Moses well. After the Monastery, we check-in our hotel for freshen-up. Afternoon we start climbing Mount Sinai2285 above sea level, attain the summit named after Moses where God delivered the Ten Commandments, time on top to take in and photograph the imposing & spectacular view of the sun set, Descent through the stairway carved into the mountain by St. Catherine monks. Back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 07: Breakfast, drive back to Taba, visiting the oasis of Ain El-Khodra (associated with biblical Hazerot) a new dimension of splendor and beauty speaks for itself and the inscription rock dating to the Nabataeans period en route. Arrival at our beach resort for overnight.

DAY 08: Transfer to Taba or Sharm El Sheikh Airport for final departure.